Sapphire PI-AM2RS780G Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

Sapphire PI-AM2RS780G main features are:

• Socket: AM2+.
• Chipset: AMD 780G.
• Super I/O: Fintek F71883FG
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset.
• USB: Ten USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through I/O brackets; this board doesn’t comes with I/O brackets for using these extra ports).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): No.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC883 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and up to 192 kHz sampling rate for the outputs, 85 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 95 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
• On-board video: Yes, Radeon HD 3200 engine with two independent outputs, one VGA and one DVI.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled a Marvell 88E8056 chip, connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin), ATX12V 1.x (20-pin) compatible.
• Slots: One x16 PCI Express 2.0 slot and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: POST diagnostics display.
• More Information: https://www.sapphiretech.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 80.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.